The talk is the first in the Great Brown Nonfiction Writers Lecture Series, presented biennially by the Nonfiction Writing Program in the Department of English, which will bring four prominent Brown alumni writers to campus this academic year.

This series is co-sponsored by • The Charles K. Colver Lectureship • Zucker Family Endowment • Goldway/Shearer family • Department of Modern Culture and Media and The Malcolm S. Forbes Center for Media and Culture • Department of Comparative Literature • Department of History • Dean of the College Office • The Cogut Center for the Humanities • Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women • Center for Environmental Studies • Sarah Doyle Women's Center • Literary Arts Program • Committee on Science and Technology Studies